Assessing and Understanding The Intersection Between Mental Health and Chronic Pain
$45.00
Recorded Live Webinar with downloadable presentation slides and/or handouts, evaluation, and a required quiz. The learner is required to pass with a 70% or higher to achieve the CE certificate of completion. The learner is able to reset the test until a satisfactory score is achieved. CE Training Workshops, LLC, provider #1770, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 8/2/2022 – 8/2/2025. CE Training Workshops, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7091. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CE Training Workshops, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. System Requirements: Firefox, Chrome, Brave, Safari, Edge on any modern operating system (Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, iOS). A desktop browser is recommended. We do not provide support resources for issues encountered using a mobile device. For more information about our policies and board approval statements, please visit our FAQS page.
Jillian Graves, LCSW, Ph.D. is an associate professor at Eastern Michigan University in the School of Social Work. She is currently the co-director of the IPE Center in the College of Health and Human Services.
Assessing and Understanding the Intersection Between Mental Health and Chronic Pain
Objective #1: Identify how chronic pain and depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders are often comorbid, including examining the hypotheses about how chronic pain and mental health disorders are associated, which is complex, unclear, and has implications on treatment.
- What is Chronic Pain?
- Chronic Pain, Depression, and Anxiety
- Reluctance to Diagnose
Objective #2: Examine the treatment protocols for depression and anxiety, especially as it interacts with pain management. While we do not discuss the specifics around medication, we will discuss ways and challenges of collaborating with other providers to give clients more holistic and well-coordinated treatment.
- Pain and Depression Treatment
- Beliefs About Pain and CBT
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Objective #3: Analyze specific developmentally related challenges of people who experience chronic illnesses, such as adolescents who may struggle to participate in age-appropriate activities and middle-aged and older adults whose chronic pain challenges can often result in premature retirements or otherwise restrict their freedom.
- Challenges of Development
- Chronic Pain and Adolescence
- Middle aged, Early Retirement, and Older Adults
